Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT 1994 - SECT 22D

    (1)     The director-general must appoint a representative of each of the following as members of the board:

        (a)     the DPP;

        (b)     the Australian Federal Police;

        (c)     the ACT courts;

        (d)     the sentence administration board;

        (e)     the administrative unit allocated responsibility for the administration of corrective services;

        (f)     the administrative unit allocated responsibility for the administration of youth justice;

        (g)     the administrative unit allocated responsibility for restorative justice.

    (2)     The Minister must appoint the following as members of the board:

        (a)     3 people who, in the Minister's opinion, represent the interests of victims services groups;

        (b)     2 people of different gender who, in the Minister's opinion, represent the interests of indigenous communities;

        (c)     1 person who is a lawyer.

    (3)     A member must be employed, practise, or live, in the ACT.

    (4)     A member appointed under subsection (2) must not be a public servant.

Note 1     For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see the Legislation Act

, pt 19.3.

Note 2     In particular, an appointment may be made by naming a person or nominating the occupant of a position (see Legislation Act

, s 207).

Note 3     Certain Ministerial appointments require consultation with an Assembly committee and are disallowable (see Legislation Act

, div 19.3.3).

Note 4     A person may be reappointed to a position if the person is eligible to be appointed to the position (see Legislation Act

, s 208 and dict, pt 1, def appoint ).